Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Included in General Fitness Classes During Pregnacy

Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Incontinence; Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: Exercise classes with pelvic floor muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01578369

240/09B

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the effect of pelvic floor muscle training taught in a general exercise class during pregnancy to prevent urinary incontinence in nulliparous continent pregnant women.

Full description

Pregnancy and childbirth are known risk factors for development of female urinary incontinence (UI). Studies have found that Pelvic Floor Mucle Trainig (PFMT) is effective in preventing and reducing UI during pregnancy and after childbirth. However, in a recent study, no effect was found when PFMT were taught in a general fitness class without former palpation of the pelvic floor muscles (Bo y Haakstad, 2011).

Enrollment: 169 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nulliparous with singleton baby
• Not suffering from urinary incontinence
• Giving birth at Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada
• Able to comunicate in Spanish
• Being healthy and able to exercise following American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) guidelines

Exclusion criteria

• Multiparity
• At risk of Premature birth
• Following another exercise program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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169 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Supervised exercise classes which included pelvic floor muscle training. 3 sessions per week. 55-60 min per session, with 10 minutes of pelvic floor muscle training. At least during 22 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise classes with pelvic floor muscle training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care